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Cairns online gamblers come up short
Gambling Help FNQ coordinator Jen Rapier said online gambling sites had turned sports betting, wagering, poker and casino games into unrestricted activities where people could gamble at any time of the day without leaving their home. "Gambling in Far North Queensland is big business," Ms Rapier said."On average, gamblers lose between $5 million and $9 million a month on the pokies ...
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Wet weeks change grain game
But the later start to the year in some canola producing regions in Victoria and NSW means CBA is forecasting a 200,000 tonne drop in national production this year to 2.9mt, and a cut in plantings to 2.1 million hectares. "Canola might be back, but it is a good early start for a lot of wheat producers." Australian Crop Forecasters (ACF) has a slightly lower estimate on the national ...
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Beef starts slow climb back
HOLDING HOPE: Angus stud breeder Trent Walker, Lameroo, says the dry conditions may be making it difficult to sell bulls this season but believes the beef industry's future is ...
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Rain ends lamb price slide
WIDESPREAD rain and fewer sheep numbers have revived producers' hopes that lamb prices may head back up to $5 a kilogram in coming months. After months of low prices, fuelled by producers offloading stock because of dry conditions since the end of August last year, heavyweight lambs made $10 to $15 more across South Australian markets this week. Southern Australian Livestock operations ...
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Milk saga hits a raw nerve
RAW DEAL: Mark Tyler has set up a 'cow-share' program which allows people to buy shares in the cattle and their production, bypassing the banned sale of raw milk because it is "their" (shareholders) ...
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Australias resources boom over
A new report from the Australian government says that committed investment in the country's major resources and energy projects has peaked. The report, released Wednesday by the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics, says that in the past 12 months, around $146 billion of projects have either been delayed, canceled or have had reassessed development plans. BREE predicts investment to ...
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Big hospitals report high infection rate
Patients in bigger hospitals are at a disproportionate risk of contracting a bloodstream infection that spreads when hygiene rules are not ...
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Douglas ready to rule Queensland
INDEPENDENT MP Alex Douglas yesterday said he believed he would be the state's next premier, despite his new political party, the United Australia Party, not yet being registered and never having won a seat at any election.Dr Douglas, the Member for Gaven, made the bold declaration in parliament this week and has been backed by the party's creator, billionaire mining magnate, Clive ...
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Costs rise on raising children
The cost of raising children has risen by 50 per cent in the past five years with a middle-income family now spending $812,000 on two children, new modelling shows. In 2007 the same family spent $537,000 on children from the time they were born until they left home, with the jump in costs largely coming from increased childcare and education expenses. ''The cost of raising children ...
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Mariners bow out of ACL with 3-0 defeat
The Central Coast Mariners had no answer to the talent assembled so expensively by Guangzhou Evergrande, tumbling out the Asian Champions League on Wednesday with a 3-0 defeat in China. Manager Graham Arnold had stressed the importance of keeping a clean sheet if his side was to overturn a 2-1 first-leg deficit in the round of 16, but Brazilian midfielder Muriqui put Guangzhou ahead in only the ...
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Cost of raising Aussie children jumps by 50pc
Middle-income couples add an additional $143,000 to their grocery bill and spend an extra $159,000 on transport as they raise two children, a new report has ...
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Voters back live odds ban but will MPs
A LABOR MP's plan to strike live betting odds from TV during children's viewing hours could be voted on in parliament as early as next week, despite criticism from ...
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How sick are your states hospitals
A HIT LIST of the nation's hospital hot spots reveal more than 1700 patients caught killer superbug infections in public hospitals last ...
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Sydney girl assaulted on her way home
A TEENAGE girl has been sexually assaulted in south Sydney. The 16-year-old girl got off a bus on Anzac Parade at Kingsford between 3.30pm and 4pm (AEST) on Tuesday, and was approached by a man in Meeks Street who had a brief conversation with her before taking her to a secluded area nearby, police said. The teenager said the man indecently and sexually assaulted her before she was able to push ...
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Ontario man lost in Australian mountains
Prabhdeep Srawn, 25, from Brampton, Ont., went missing May 13 while hiking in Australia's Snowy Mountains. (FACEBOOK PHOTO/QMI AGENCY) The third day of searching for a Brampton, Ont., man who went missing while hiking in Australia wrapped up because of poor lighting, local media ...
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Betting blitz hits junior footballers on club website
Junior footballers in Ballarat checking their club's website recently were bombarded with ads for online sports betting. The website of the Ballarat Football Club - the third oldest behind Melbourne and Geelong - features ads for Sportsbet.com.au including odds for this weekend's upcoming AFL matches. Club president Shane Manley said it has had a six-year relationship with the online ...
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Childcare schools lead rise in cost of raising children
The cost of raising children has risen 50 per cent in the past five years with a middle-income family now spending $812,000 on two children, new modelling shows. In 2007, the same family spent $537,000 on children from the time they were born until they left home. The jump in cost largely comes from increased childcare and education costs. ''The cost of raising children is ...
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Qantas aims to close fuel surcharge loophole
Savvy frequent flyers are avoiding as much as $610 in fuel surcharges on Qantas international flights by exploiting a loophole in its alliance with Emirates. Almost two months after the airlines launched their tie-up, executives from the two airlines will meet within the next week to talk about resolving a major difference between their fuel surcharges. Travellers wanting to fly economy from ...
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A big drop but Rinehart is still richer than everyone else
The miners are still top of the pile, but not quite as rich, and there is at least one interesting new entrant in BRW's list of the 200 richest ...
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Aged care cant meet growing demands of the population
Aged care providers claim the sector is facing a crisis with lack of funding for the number of places and trained staff required to provide for Australia's ageing population. The peak body representing providers, Leading Age Services Australia, predicts there will be a shortfall of 66,000 home care places by 2050 and that 83,000 new nursing home places will be needed over the next nine ...
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Outlaw bikies used as debt collectors
THREE members of the Commanchero outlaw motorcycle gang have been captured on film barging into the home of a leading building industry executive, demanding money that a sub-contractor claimed he was ...
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Man charged over NSW bushfire
Four water-bombing helicopters and 170 fire fighters were deployed to combat the blaze, which burned out 100 hectares of bushland on January 17 and 18.Police will allege the bushfire started as a result of a car being set alight and abandoned on a fire trail.Detectives formed Strike Force Cadell to investigate the cause of the fire and charged a 20-year-old man on Wednesday.He was granted ...
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Fate clear lose your shirt in retail
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Jamie Bordas Tells Why He Is Not Moving To Australia
But, it is only as I have gotten older and had the opportunity to help so many people through the practice of law that I have come to truly realize what that book is all about. Life throws things at us all the time. However, there is almost always someone who had a day that was a lot worse. My day didn't go as planned. But, almost every day, I talk to someone who has suffered a terrible ...
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Tom Waterhouse is ruining industry betting rival says
Australia's biggest corporate bookmaker, Sportingbet, has backed calls for a complete ban on the spruiking of live odds in sports broadcasts and launched a withering attack on Tom Waterhouse. Sportingbet joined market leader Tabcorp in voicing concern at the damage being done to the gambling industry by the growing public outrage at the intrusion of betting into football coverage. Michael ...
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Cost of driving is becoming punitive in Brisbane
Is driving in Brisbane becoming punitively expensive? With the recent toll increases, on top of those made in 2006 and 2008, as well as last year, and the recent mis-management surrounding the privatisation of major roads in Sydney, it seems that using major roads in Brisbane is going to become even more expensive.
Brisbane, like many cities across Australia, is facing a mounting budget deficit in the wake of the near-crippling financial crisis and ensuing recession, as the state capital, it must also oversee Queensland’s plunge in revenues, which has created a budget deficit of over $2.3 billion for the state. Read more
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